Roy Raymond Gallagher 1904-1996

GALLAGHER KNOPP CLAUS

Posted By: Connie Swearingen-Volunteer (email)
Date: 8/24/2012 at 16:47:59

16 February 1996

Roy Raymond Gallagher,91, of Hornick died Thursday Feb. 15, 1996 at Burgess Memorial Hospital in Onawa.

Services will be 2p.m. Saturday at Holly Springs Bible Fellow-Ship with Pastor Jim Thomas officiating.

Burial will be in Willow Township Cemetery, Holly Springs. Visitation will be 4 to 8 p.m. today, with the family present 6 to 8 p.m. at Wood Funeral Home in Sloan..

Mr. Gallagher was born Dec. 28, 1904, in Hornick, the son of John and Ella. (Knopp) Gallagher. He graduated from Holly-Springs High- School and was. a lifelong farmer in the Hornick area. He married Yetta Louise. Claus, April 5, 1936, at Hornick. She died Aug. 7, 1995, in Sioux City. He had been a resident of Pleasant View Nursing Home in Whiting since Oct. 11, 1991.

Mr. Gallagher was a member of Holly Springs Church of Christ where he had served as an elder, and the Hornick Men's Bowling Association.

Survivors include a daughter, and her husband, Rayetta and Bob Williams of Columbus, Neb. son, Ray of Omaha; two granddaughters, Jacqueline Renee Williams-Roll and Jennifer Rae Williams; and a sister, Ella Gallagher of Sioux City.

He Was also preceded in death by three brothers, George, Fred and Johnny and a sister, Marie Watts.